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Had to pull a wheel off a 530i to get a caliper. Of course the lug bolts were tight as hell.
My Porter Cable impact didn't do it and of course my breaker bar was in my car. Had to use the Armstrong method and a ratchet to get 4 of the 5 loose, for the 5th I had to borrow a breaker bar from a guy that asked to borrow a phillips from me. That little extra bit of leverage was what I needed to get the bolt loose.
The moral of the story is get a second, long, 1/2" drive breaker bar and keep it in my go bag. Or buy a Impact with more "round spherical objects" . Mine is rated at 330 ft/lbs but it does not like BMW lug bolts.
Last edited by dmaisenh; 09-22-2020 at 08:23 PM. Reason: Keeping it PG
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Harbor freight earthquake impact gun man, cheap and angry just like me.
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Spray WD-40 or PBblaster on the bolt...
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I was thinking that. Fortunately I don't have a ton of money invested in one battery system.Originally Posted by seagreen323i
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M18 Milwaukee impact gun, damn things got big balls, over 1200 ft lbs of reverse torque. Damn thing is awesome.
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You couldn’t find a lug wrench in any of the cars at the yard??
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No, and I did look. Those things are so short I have stood on them and bounced up and down and nothing has moved. And i weigh 220.
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Yeah I was drooling over that.
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Hope you saw my edit to your 1st post above.
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Seriously? Not what I would call profanity. And yet you left in "balls". Sorry if I offended any sensitive eyes.
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Funny that you should mention this. I'm assuming you have the "fuel" version which I think is brushless.
Being the fool I sometimes am I neglected to undo the crank bolt on an M50 before pulling it and removing the head. My brush motor M18 rattled away until the battery died. A friends 20v IR rattled away long enough to heat the socket. Another friend's M18 ("fuel") brushless with 9a battery shook it few times then zipped it right off.
When I bought my brushed M18 I scoffed at the "fuel" version. Lesson learned.
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Hell yeah. Shoot, I’ve even tried it on lug nuts of an 18 wheeler, it just laughs at it and says “ Is that all?”.
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